{"id":350417,"date":"2026-06-13T22:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=350417"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:05:41","slug":"ghana-plans-legal-motion-after-canada-denied-entry-to-partey-amid-london-rape-trial-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/ghana-plans-legal-motion-after-canada-denied-entry-to-partey-amid-london-rape-trial-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana plans legal motion after Canada denied entry to Partey amid London rape trial &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div 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the English club Arsenal in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a press release released on social media Saturday, Ghana says the choice by Canadian immigration authorities is \u201cextremely unfair,\u201d and Partey needs to be presumed innocent ahead of his trial.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it makes its decisions on a 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